the title says it all πŸ˜€

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The Power Off button gives a great quality of life experience.

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do me a favor and push yours.

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grapheneos markup is a fast screenshot cropping tool. Very useful. image toolbox can do the job as well

Torchie to have a quick shortcut for the torch.

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This is a Google app and has no more features than FOSS alternatives. It is proprietary too.

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Can’t find markup on f-droid. Anyway to install it on another ROM than grapheneOS?

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You can install their appstore. But the app is not foss

https://github.com/grapheneos/apps

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Most likely not as it a pixel exclusive that don’t exist in play store that they provide a safe mirror for.

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That is correct.

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the title says it all πŸ˜€

The title says almost nothing

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That’s a bit of a stretch. Might not be perfect but can easily deduce that this person wants recommendations of Android apps to improve their quality of life. Seems, though this is conjecture on my part, that they have purposely left it broad because there are a lot of apps that fit this category and they are hoping for a broad selection of recommendations.

Unfortunately I don’t have any to offer. I came to this thread for the same reason the op posted it. I too am hoping to find some new apps, and want to see what’s out there that others use on a daily basis.

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Which qualities would you like to improve?

I use a regular Pixel 6 pro, but there are a few things I keep around to improve the q.o.l. for using android itself.

  • Nova launcher to simplify things a bit and give me more search engine options

  • Firefox as my default browser with ad blocking add-ons to maintain some sanity

  • Solid Explorer to do file system stuff

Built in stuff:

  • Bedtime mode is a nice reminder to stop and go to bed

  • Focus mode is nice to stop casual social app usage according to a schedule

  • Flip to Shhh is great for… shushing. When flipped.

  • Do Not Disturb is my default mode. Only to be turned off when I’m actively awaiting interaction.

  • Notifications turned off for almost everything, always.

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Are you me? That’s such a similar setup.

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You can remove internet access so you don’t give your data.

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I did not! Thank you!

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Since you already have a pixel you should seriously look at grapheneOS.

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Didn’t Solid get sketchy too? I remember feeling obligated to migrate to Material Files.

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Notifications turned off for almost everything, always.

Best QoL feature IMHO. My husband and bestie can get through with calls, everyone else gets called back.

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Nova Launcher and Solid Explorer are both closed source

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